Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1996 08:51:22 -0400 (EDT) From: "Adrian T. Filipi-Martin" <atf3r@stretch.cs.virginia.edu> To: Franz Hollerer <eeg@telecom.at> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What means 'foo', 'majordomo'? Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.90.960420084020.20604A-100000@stretch.cs.Virginia.edu> In-Reply-To: <199604201100.NAA12784@pina1.telecom.at>
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On Sat, 20 Apr 1996, Franz Hollerer wrote: > But now I have some more questions. > I don't know how to translate 'foo' and 'majordomo'. I often > read this words under FreeBSD and Linux. But I do not find them > in a dictionary. > 'foo' can mean everything. Is this right? > > Anyway, does someone know an electronic English/German dictionary > which runs under FreeBSD or Linux? > > Franz Hollerer > EEG, Hard&Software Development > Austria > We have no kangaroos. Servus, Close. 'Foo,' 'bar' and 'foobar' actually means nothing. In most cases, it means just as much as a variable name in an equation, e.g. X in X + Y. It is a generic value often used in examples by computer weenies. It is rumored to be a military slang derived from the acronym for "Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition." Hence, you will also see it spelled "fubar." As for majordomo, it is just a mailing list software package. Treat it as a proper name, i.e. do not translate it. cheers, Adrian adrian@virginia.edu ---->>>>| Support your local programmer, System Administrator --->>>| STOP Software Patent Abuses NOW! NVL, NIIMS and Telemedicine Labs -->>| For an application and information Member: League for Programming Freedom ->| see: http://www.lpf.org/
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